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Wooden Crosses

(1932)

March 17, 1932 1h 50m
70%
TMDB Score

Overview

The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.

Raymond Bernard

Director

Top Billed Cast

PB

Pierre Blanchar

Adjudant Gilbert Demachy

GG

Gabriel Gabrio

Sulphart

CV

Charles Vanel

Caporal Breval

AA

Antonin Artaud

Soldat Vieublé

PA

Paul Azaïs

Soldat Broucke

RB

René Bergeron

Soldat Hamel

RC

Raymond Cordy

Soldat Vairon

MD

Marcel Delaître

Soldat Berthier

JG

Jean Galland

Capitaine Cruchet

PL

Pierre Labry

Soldat Bouffioux, le cuistot